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An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
{{quote-journal|en|date=2013-08-10|volume=408|issue=8848|magazine=The Economist
''There are a few cars ''(=''some, but a relatively small number'') ''in the street.''
''Quite a few people '' (=''a significant number'') ''were pleasantly surprised.''
''I think he's had a few drinks.'' usage is likely ironic.
Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
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''I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people ''(=''almost none'') ''turned up.''
(RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine)
Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
NOAA definition of the term "few clouds": ''An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog.''
''(US?)'' Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
''Many are called, but few are chosen.''
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